Berrien County Math & Science Center

Mathematics

Keith G. Calkins was located in the Andrews University Mathematics Department room HYH114 in the Science Complex, where, from 1993 until 1997 he taught all high school level mathematics classes for the Berrien County Math & Science Center. Since fall of 1997 he has continued this work, but in exile on the north side of campus (Smith Hall). In addition to the pre-expansion classes (30 students or less), he has been team teaching the expansion classes (50 students or less) first with Roberto Ordonez (1997-98), then with Aurora Burdick (1998-99). For 1999-00 he will team teach Geometry (freshmen) with Shirleen Luttrell, team teach Algebra II (sophomores) with Aurora Burdick, and develop the new course of AP Statistics (11 juniors) while Aurora teaches two sections of Precalculus (most of the rest of the juniors).

Keith is/was a member of the following professional and honor societies: MAA, AMS, SIAM, Pi Mu Epsilon, APS, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. All Math & Science Center students are required to have a TI-series, programmable, graphing calculator. We attempt to train our students to take the PSAT and SAT tests and end their experience with the Advanced Placement Calculus test.

The following information is also available: what's new, semester exam schedule, class officers, class schedule, contest information, Statistics Links, syllabi, miscellanious forms, good books on mathematics, and also some jokes.
Students by class level: college graduates, college seniors, college juniors, college sophomores,
college freshmen, seniors, juniors, sophomores, or freshmen.
Students by graduation year: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003.
Pictures, Siblings, Dropouts, Late joiners.
Grades: senior, junior, sophomore, or freshman.
Projects: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or 96-97 Proofs.
Assignments: Numbers, Statistics, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, or AP Calculus AB.
Assistants (present): Lisa, John C., James, Rita, Barbara M., Jenny, and Shirleen.
Assistants (past): Gwen, Lorie, Marvin, Helen, Barbara R., Rachel, Rick, Pete, Wayne, Jon.
Honored teacher for:
Rebecca Shelton, 1996 Kara Lindstedt, 1997 Shawn Gano, 1998

Rebecca Shelton and Scott Maurer were 4.0 validictorians at Niles 1996. Kara Lindstedt, Rashmi Bhat, and Ryan Mason were 4.0 validictorians at Niles 1997. Shawn Gano was a 4.0 validictorian at Niles 1998. Other Math Teachers: Ray Paden taught Geometry in 1991-92. Amer Shaw (sorry I don't have the long version of those names) tried to teach Geometry and Algebra II in 1992-93 (while the students chanted camel, camel, camel). Keith G. Calkins taught all the ISD math 1993-97 and team taught Geometry in 1997-98 with Roberto Ordonez. Keith team taught Geometry and Algebra II in 1998-99 with Aurora Burdick. Keith will be team teaching Geometry with Shirleen Luttrell and Algebra II with Aurora Burdick. Precalculus will be Aurora's responsibility (a big and a small section), while Keith teaches AP Statistics (and AP Calculus, etc.)
Cybersurfari: Chris Carlson and Matt Proctor won second place ($1000) in Cyber Safari '95; Shawn Gano, Greg Bischoff, and Brandon Stacey won second place ($2500) in Cyber Safari '96, and Rashmi Bhat, Cami Head, Kara Lindstedt, and Becky Stowers won third place ($1000) in Cyber Safari '96. In Oct. 1997 Shawn Gano, Greg Bischoff, Brandon Stacey, Travis Binkley, and Chad Weeks captured first place!
In Oct. 1998 John Hall, Mark Gano, Mike Arendt, Ryan Dickey, and Tom Moore captured first place! Web texts: Summer Algebra, TI-83, Numbers, Units, Stat. Intro., Math Proofs, and Above Integrated.

Some students are developing web pages for some of my favorite math problems such as:

For a little NCTM standards controversy check out Saxon Publishing.